Plan for Destruction

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This short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of P... Read allThis short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.This short documentary looks at Nazi Germany's plan for world domination by reviewing the effects of and bitterness felt over the defeat in WWI and focusing on the geopolitical concepts of Prof. Karl Haushofer and his influence on Hitler.

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Lewis Stone

Commentator

Frank Reicher

Karl Ernst Haushofer

George Lynn

Rudolf Hess

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Self
(archive footage)

Frederick Giermann

Nazi Radio Announcer
(uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Self
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

George Hoagland

German
(uncredited)

Otto Reichow

German
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Ray Spiker

German
(uncredited)

Wilhelm von Brincken

General von Kettelmanm
(uncredited)

Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

German
(uncredited)

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Trivia
The MGM Crime Reporter does not appear in this series entry.

Goofs
The narrator implies the German invasion of Poland began on September 3, 1939. It actually began on September 1, 1939.

Connections
Followed by Patrolling the Ether (1944)

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Destroy the Nazi

Plan for Destruction (1943)

*** (out of 4)

MGM, Oscar nominated documentary short about how Germany's defeat in WW1 led to Hitler trying to take the world over in WW2. This documentary offers quite a bit of information in its 22-minute running time. Most of the stuff is over-dramatic but that's just a part of these WW2 shorts from this period. Lewis Stone stars.

It's also interesting to see how they looked at war issues back then compared to today.

If you're interested in this film then Turner Classic Movies usually plays it during their "31 Days of Oscar" festival.